Bruno, 2008/8/7 Bruno Albuquerque <bga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > julun wrote: > >> when it comes to software we are going to include, it would vote only for >> the stuff we have in our repo + all packages required to checkout and build >> Haiku on Haiku. Maybe a browser would be good as well. I don't worry about >> an updater, package manager or anything else in an alpha. > > Sorry, but an updater is *ESSENTIAL*. Even if not fancy. By updater I mean a > way for the user to easily check if there are fixes and to apply then > without losing data or having to completely reinstall the system. I agree with the assertion that someone should be able to update/upgrade from alpha 1 to alpha 2. However, I think an updater, as in a separate app that checks for updates online is completely unnecessary. We should provide a way to update, perhaps even to custom svn builds, but this needs not to be done by a separate app. The only time we might think about an updater, is when we are near alpha 2. So the question, in my opinion, really is: is it possible to update haiku by replacing files? Kind regards, Niels